Adhyaya 86 — Dhumralocana’s Mission and His Ashing by the Goddess; Shumbha Sends Chanda and Munda
विच्छिन्नबाहुशिरसः सृतास्तेन तथापरे ।
पपौ च रुधिरं कोष्ठादन्येषां धुतकेसरः ॥
vicchinnabāhuśirasaḥ sṛtās tena tathāpare /
papau ca rudhiraṃ koṣṭhād anyeṣāṃ dhutakesaraḥ
மற்றவர்கள், கைங்களும் தலைகளும் துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில், அவனிடமிருந்து ஓடினர்; கேசரத்தை அசைக்கும் சிங்கம் இன்னும் சிலரின் மார்பிலிருந்து இரத்தத்தைப் பருகியது।
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The ‘flight’ of the asuras indicates that unrighteousness ultimately cannot stand before truth-power; it collapses into fear and dispersal when confronted by uncompromising protection.
Still within the Devi-ākhyāna (episode). It is exemplary narrative rather than a structural pancalakṣaṇa passage.
Blood-drinking imagery can signify reclaiming and transmuting dissipated life-force (vital energy) from destructive patterns back into protective strength under Devī’s aegis.